Kitchen Witch Cheat Sheet

Witchy Ways To Navigate This Holiday Season

(Regardless of what you celebrate, it’s highly likely that you’ll be meeting with or engaging in some sort of holiday sometime during the year, so you might find this helpful. Reconnecting with family and friends can be a joy, but can also be draining for people who are easily overwhelmed by other people’s energies). THESE IDEAS ARE CUSTOMIZABLE BUT ARE INFLUENCED BY MY PERSONAL BELIEFS.

🌲Enchant your perfume or cologne with a specific intention. (Example: Ward off uncomfortable conversation, ward off nerves, energize your social battery).

🌲When choosing what to wear, include a necklace, jewelry item, or accessories (such as a tie) that you consider protective of your energy. For me, I wear a pentacle bracelet, but for you it might be something different. You can even ask spirits or deities you work with to charge it overnight on the night before with protection.

🌲I like to draw the rune Wunjo or the rune Gebo on every present I gift with invisible ink or just trace it with my finger, so it brings joy to the person receiving it! You could draw a symbol that represents joy in a similar fashion!

🌲Knot magic is an easy way to incorporate love into the gift exchanging. Tie your presents you’re giving with decorative ribbons and charge each one with love or chant over it this short chant “With love I tie thee, may all be merry!”

🌲If you’re making a special drink (hot-chocolate, mulled wine, etc) be mindful of the energy you put into it while stirring it. You can invite or banish (you’ve probably heard that stirring clockwise is inviting energy and stirring counterclockwise is banishing). But you can also stir simple sigils of calm and peace into it!

🌲If you’re into using crystals, I recommend these crystals for navigating the holiday season:

-Strawberry quartz (for enjoyment and extra enthusiasm)

-Smoky Quartz (for gentle protection and comfort)

-Howlite (for calming during chaos and being present)

-Opal (both non precious and precious, for inspiring generosity and equal exchange of energy)

Weighing of the Heart Spread

In Ancient Egypt (and now through Kemeticism), it is believed that when the deceased arrived in the Duat, their heart was weighed on a scale against a feather of Ma'at's in order to see if the person was worthy of to live forever in paradise (if not, their heart was devoured by Ammit).

This spread draws from that story, and lays out what you need to know about yourself and what you need to do in order to grow!

1. How do you currently see yourself?

This card touches on your idea of yourself- do you see yourself positively or negatively? What do you think of your current self?

2. What are you really like?

Following up on the first card, this card brings up what you are actually like, not just your self image. How does it vary from what you see?

3. What are you balancing?

What are you able to do in order to see yourself as you truly are? What do you need to do to "balance" those two view points?

4. What does your ideal self look like?

This card touches on what your "perfect" or "ideal" self, and how they would look or act.

5. What can you do to actually grow?

Finally, this card brings up what you need to focus on in order to grow from your current self into your ideal self.

I understand that this is the season of renewal, rebirth, and change. But..hear me out I would like to get off this roller coaster of emotions! Got a job, been doing pretty good, there is talk of a promotion, and then I was handed a eviction notice. Granted, we all knew this was coming, landlord's son is needing to sell the properties because dad and mom are in the nursing home. I understand, not mad about that.

As much as my current house has irked me, it saddens me that I have to let it go. This house was a starting point for me six years ago getting back on my feet, with a roommate that was like a mom. We encountered good times and bad times together. She lost her son and dad, and she watched me lose my step dad and others. But also, I lost her. She died in the house while my boyfriend and I were at work. My boyfriend was the one that found though because I needed my tax papers.

I understand change isn't easy, I have been through plenty to know that. I know all the people I have lost would want me to do better. But this hits different. I'm not scared, we're only moving like 30 minutes away, it's not that. I just feel melancholy about it all.

Spa Day!

It's my UPG that there are times that the deities want you to take time for yourself and recharge. Not out of vanity but self care. I call it souping.

Currently, I'm using the Healing Blend epsom salt from my local store. Its eucalyptus, mint, and pink salt. I use only about two teaspoons, it's what my skin can handle. Then, I'm using a skin care pack from Dollar Tree. I definitely feel better and pretty.

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hey if you're trans in the us i love you. hey if you're queer in the us i love you. hey if you're a person of color in the us i love you. hey if you're a woman in the us i love you. hey if you're disabled in the us i love you. i love you i love you i love you

Anonymously ask me anything you want.

Given my few past posts/reblogs I like talking and discussions. Gemini, go figure right. But understand something, I handle discussions like we did in college. State your claim, but if you present something that you claim is factual, cite your sources. Share some actual context, maybe an article, book, a reputable site, etc. Other then that, things will be viewed as opinions, and that's great! We are all entitled to those, but me and whoever sees a post, we also have the abilities to agree or disagree with you.

But if you can't handle that, and you're going to be a five star shit head, there ways and buttons we can use to make sure that you're no longer part of the discussion.

I miss the good old days of witchblr. Does anybody else remember like we could read whatever we wanted, and we could post about it? And sure, there were people that didn't care of the book or topic. The difference between then and now is that it was a discussion and not a beat down session. And then, people were kind enough to offer other book titles!

Also, we had a clear set of guidelines referring to cultural appropriation, and words or phrases that were frowned upon. Other then that, you want to be a Death Witch, go for it. A Sea Witch, have at it. A Storm Witch, power to ya. The lists goes on. Then, if we were curious about there practice we would ask genuine questions! If the practitioner maybe did something that maybe you didn't like or thought was borderline on the no no list, again you didn't beat them down, it was a discussion.

The ones that couldn't handle having a informal discussion were simply blocked and their comments were deleted. Or in some cases, the post was deleted, which was pretty common, and occasionally remade.

Also, side tangent, we liked the titles of the different witch types, because it was our niche and it was organized. Sure, you don't have to have a title or a certain practice, that's fine. As for me, I like having a title or a type because it keeps me focused on what I want to achieve. Plus, having a title made the witchblr tags so much easier to navigate.